All 2005 Issues

October 24, 2005 Issue
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Money for Nothing 
By Philip Giraldi
Between crooked contractors and corrupt politicians, billions of dollars earmarked for Iraqi reconstruction have disappeared.



Fourteen Days PDF
Left and Right March Together; Amnesty Accompli?; Some Offsets Off Limits

When Deficit Hawks Cry 
By W. James Antle III
Congress compounds a natural disaster with a flood of wasteful spending.

Deconstructing Nation Building 
By James L. Payne
The historical record shows that attempts to remake countries by military force most often fail.

The Fathers' War 
By Stephen Baskerville
America’s fathers fight our wars and return to broken homes.

Trading Up PDF
By Ian Fletcher
A new school of economics argues that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to international trade.

Deep Background PDF
By Philip Giraldi
Britain Joins the Badr Brigades?; Townsend’s Marching Orders; Orange Counterrevolution



Retrospective PDF
Eight decades before our Mesopotamian morass, Britain found itself in a similar situation, as T.E. Lawrence observed.